Magic Valley Mall

In February 1979, Lewis Douglas Co. proposed plans for a shopping mall in Twin Falls on land owned by farmer Oren Boone located at the northeast corner of Blue Lakes Boulevard and Pole Line Road.^[1] In March 1980, General Growth Properties purchased the site from Lewis Douglas Co. and announced plans for Canyon Ridge Mall.^[2] The proposed 512,000 to 700,000 square-foot mall would consist of four department stores and 90 specialty stores with a completion date of fall 1982 or early 1983.^[3] At the same time, Woodbury Corporation announced plans to separate shopping mall across from Canyon Ridge Mall on the west side of Blue Lakes Boulevard.^[2] By May 1980, zoning changes were approved to allow construction of both shopping malls.^[4]

In February 1981, a third mall, developed by Price Development Corporation, received zoning change to construct on a 30-acre site south of the Canyon Ridge Mall site on Pole Line Road.^[5] After facing opposition from the nearby Green Acres housing subdivision, Twin Falls City Council denied the zoning change, which triggered a two-year court battle between the city and Price.^[6] In September 1983, Price abandoned its original plan and acquired the Canyon River Mall site from General Growth Properties.^[6] Price's new plans called for a smaller 450,000 square-feet mall with four department stores.^[7] Twin Falls City Council approved the development in February 1984.^[8] In May 1984, a spokesman for Price confirmed it was courting The Bon Marché, JCPenney, and ZCMI to anchor the shopping mall.^[9] ZCMI was ruled out as a potential anchor in March 1985.^[10] Two months later, Shopko announced plans to anchor the new mall, now named Magic Valley Mall, as part of a plan to open six stores in Idaho.^[11] The Bon Marché and JCPenney were later confirmed to relocate from downtown Twin Falls to the mall.^[12] JCPenney also announced the closure of a store in Jerome as part of its plan to open at the mall.^[13] Price Development broke ground on Magic Valley Mall on August 21, 1985.^[14] The mall's first tenant, Shopko, opened on October 13, 1986, with JCPenney and other smaller tenants opening on October 29.^[1] The Bon Marché opened on July 30, 1987.^[15]

In November 1988, Sears announced plans to relocate from downtown Twin Falls to the mall.^[16] The store opened on August 2, 1989.^[17] A fifth anchor tenant, Lamonts, was added to the mall in February 1992, but closed in December 1996.^[18] In 1995, a strip mall was built next to the mall with Barnes & Noble as an anchor.^[19] In September 1998, Reel Theaters opened a six-screen discount movie theater in the space formerly occupied by Lamonts.^[20] The theater was sold to Interstate Amusements in May 2000 and renamed Odyssey Theater.^[21] In August 2003, The Bon Marché was renamed Bon-Macy's and became a full-fledged Macy's in January 2005.^[22]

In March 2011, Cinema West announced to plans replace the Odyssey Theater with a new, larger cinema complex.^[23] Odyssey Theater was shut down in September 2011, with the new Magic Valley Cinema 13 opening in May 2012.^[24] On August 1, 2017, Macy's announced it would not renew its lease at the mall and shut down in early 2018.^[25] On January 4, 2018, Sears announced it would close its store at the mall in April.^[26] The Macy's store was replaced by Hobby Lobby in September 2018.^[27] On February 6, 2019, Shopko announced it would close on May 12, 2019.^[28] On August 5, 2019, Kohl's confirmed it will open a store in the former Sears building.^[29] The store opened on May 11, 2020.^[30]

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